Automatic update NuGet Packages in Azure Pipelines
Keeping up to date with the latest NuGet Packages can be very time consuming and annoying. Scripts have to be executed on the local Visual Studio at regular intervals, which then not only require valuable time, but the results also have to be tested extensively afterwards.
Often the packages have to be rolled back, because they are not compatible or the own unit tests fail.
Fortunately, there is also a possibility in .NET to automate this process to a large extent and to integrate it into your Azure Pipeline Flow.
With the NuKeeper extension and Azure DevOps pipeline you can:
- Perform updates automatically
- Generate pull requests
- Automatically build & test them
- Merge via git-flow
Installation NuKeeper
Installation of NuKeeper is quite simply. Just follow NuKeeper — Visual Studio Marketplace and give it permission to your org.
Set Up Pipeline
In your Azure DevOps environment move to the pipeline page and simply create a new pipeline.
- In the next window choose the classic editor
2. Choose your main repository
3. Allow scripts to access the OAuth token
4. Add “NuKeeper” as task and just select the Azure Artifacts feed
Save the package.
You can find the exported YAML for the pipeline here: Azure Pipeline NuKeeper Configuration (github.com)
Setup Permission
In order to create Pull Requests the NuKeeper underlying service worker/ user needs permission
- Switch to the Procect Settings -> All Repositories -> Security
- Give the Project Build Service access to following types
Run & Schedule
Go back to your created pipeline and configure a daily schedule run. This will automaticaly checks for updates every day
Start the Pipeline manually. After completing you will find newly created Pull Requests in the Active tab
Conclusion
In this article, we learned how to use NuKeeper and Azure Pipelines to automate the process of automatically updating NuGet processes to a large extent.
It is advisable to include this in your own CI/CD process.
